i love to cook food...shoot food. i love to play with food and i love to eat food...soooo, here are my comments, thoughts, recipes and pics of foods i come across. it might be on my plate, your plate, someone elses plate or my dream plate...

1st...carve off the top with a big knife. don't use your best knife. i bought this cleaver at an Asian market for about 15.00$. be careful....it's a bit awkward, but it's a lot easier than you think. usually i put a kitchen towel underneath to cuddle and steady the coconut, but not this time.

carve down to the hard part. you should end up with the top looking something like this.

"FINDING THE SWEET SPOT"

go around the edge between what you have carved off (the hard shell part) and the white outer skin/hull. whack a few times around to "score" the hole/lid.

THE SWEET SPOT...it's odd, but there is one area you will find that the corner of the knife will poke through. give it a few hard taps to create a crack or hole. pour some coconut water out so you don't spill it all over when prying the top off..

you can now empty all the liquid...OR...just be very careful when prying lid off.

you should get about 1 1/2 to 2 cups of delicious sweet coconut water that is far superior to the store bought you've seen in the carton or can.

there might be little splinters so you should strain the water through cheese cloth.

using the butt of the knife stuck into the sweet spot, pry the lid off. it should pop open as shown on the photo.

getting to the meat of the matter...

then with a large spoon, scrape the soft jelly-like coconut meat out and store in your strained coconut water. OR JUST EAT IT ! you should be able to dice the thick part for your drinks.

the young coconut meat has a very interesting texture unlike any crunchy, crisp coconut you are used to. it's soft and pliable...almost gelatinous if really young. you never know what kind you'll get, soft or firm, but it's delicious pure coconut goodness.

Just have a young coconut this evening, it is so nice. I have few coconut trees near my house, so always have fresh and nice coconut. I like to use the coconut water to cook chicken soup, it is so sweet and smell very nice and chicken meat is tender. :)

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About Me

ahhh...welcome to my little world of flavors. you'll see that my food obsessions vary from one extreme to the other. from nice safe little shortbreads and blondies to spicy chicken feet and BBQ pigs tails. I hope you enjoy the spectrum of goodies and follow Ruby and i on our our culinary trip to who knows where...my thought is...if it looks good, it'll taste even better AND IF IT LOOKS UGLY, I HAVE TO TRY IT !!!

lil' Ruby

*DISCLAIMER

Ruby is responsible for all posts while i am busy in the kitchen and behind the camera. As we all know, one with four legs has no opposable thumbs. She leans towards the hunt and peck method. So please we ask that you excuse any unintentional grammatical errors.